US EditionHow Local Bookstores Are Helping Immigrants Amid ICE Fears
- On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department detained five individuals during protests against immigration enforcement in the downtown area amid continuous ICE operations in Southern California.
- These events occurred during a wave of enforcement following ICE's operation that arrested more than 1,600 immigrants for deportation since June, sparking widespread community fear.
- Local bookstores like Underdog, now a nonprofit, have responded by providing groceries, holding fundraisers, and offering spaces for immigrant support amid cancelled events.
- About 1,000 people participated in Saturday’s 15-mile Run Against ICE through Los Angeles to peacefully protest raids and deportations during the 30-day Summer of Resistance campaign.
- These actions reflect community solidarity and a call to end ICE raids, emphasizing the need for safety, dignity, and freedom for undocumented and documented immigrants alike.
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Hartford Courant
Runners protesting ICE cover 15 miles through immigrant communities
By Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — DeMille Halliburton founded a running club 10 years ago to bring together residents of his South Los Angeles neighborhood. On Saturday, he and several club members joined hundreds of other Angelenos for a different cause, the Run Against ICE, winding through the heart of the city to call for an end to raids by federal agents that have upended life for immigrants. “We’re always trying to find a wa…
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Daily Bulletin
How local bookstores are helping immigrants amid ICE fears
With widespread fears of federal raids affecting many immigrant, working-class communities across Southern California, local and nonprofit bookstores have joined widespread efforts to provide aid to those in need. From hosting fundraisers and informational workshops, to delivering groceries to immigrants afraid to leave their homes, for fear of being targeted by immigration enforcement, bookstores across Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inlan…
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